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i feel for you so much, but i understand where you are comming from, the cothat nsultants in the uk are terrible, i also have to wait 6 months just because he forgot to book me an apptm. and its so important for him to see me as we are just starting treatment of imuran to get off steriods and he...

hi, i know what you mean, i was put on imuran in november 08, i was so scared to take it and the hospital consultant didnt even explain it much or how long i have to be on it! Where i livre in the UK the docs arnt very good and had to wait so long for test results to come back and have an apptm...

I thought it was a bit low 10mg to do any good, but she seemed to think going up by 5mg was a big step!! i dont wont to go any higher if i dont have to as i have just got down to 5mg and i had really bad side affects but i would rather be well...

flare up Hi, i am having a flare up at the mo, and was down to 5mg pred, my doc told me to up to10mg (although she said she wasnt sure what to do!!) but they dont seem to stopping flare up, i have been on ten since sunday, is that long enough or do u think i should go higher, say to 20mg to...

kello82, , have spoken to crazzy doc!! and she thinks that 10mg will be enough to sort the flare up, i hope so, then we can taper really slowly. Do u find when u have a flare up u feel so weak, i not rushing to the loo now but i feel so limp an washed out, how long does it take for pred to kick...

hi, the worst side affect for me is that i cant seem to get off them,have been on them for 6 months now and every time i try and reduce i get crohns back, so was put on imuran to help get off them, i got down to n5mgs but have had to go up to settel crohns ,also i had hair loss, weight gain...

hi jamie, my doctor gave me some 1mg preds to make it easier to taper thats how i have gone upto 6mg but its not working, feel really ill again so last night went back upto 10mg to see if that helps and waiting for idiot doctor to phone and see what they think, not they have done any good so...

Hi, my butt herts, agentx20, thanks for the welcome. I have emailed my consultant and he wrote back and said there was a back log at the lab and thats why my test results are taking so long, but i find it hard to believe that it would take over 2 months!!! He also thinks it coulod be colitis but...